President Lech Kaczyński LNG Terminal in Świnoujście
The first maritime terminal for the receipt and regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Poland and in the Baltic Sea region, located in Świnoujście, in the Warszów district on the island of Wolin (Ku Morzu 1 Street), in the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship. The decision to build the LNG terminal was taken by the government of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz in 2006, and the cornerstone for the investment was laid on 23 March 2011. The first LNG carrier with liquefied natural gas arrived in Świnoujście on 11 December 2015, and the first commercial LNG delivery reached the terminal on 17 June 2016; the facility has been operated commercially since 2016. The terminal comprises, among other things, three cryogenic LNG storage tanks with a total capacity of 500,000 m³. The final value of the investment reached PLN 3 billion 638 million, including over PLN 888 million in European Union funding. The terminal operator is GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. (until 2021 through its subsidiary Polskie LNG S.A.).
How it went
Assessment: settled. Signals only where documented.
Timeline
Slip: +18 mo. vs. the original date
- Announced 2006
- Construction start 23 Mar 2011
- Original date 30 Jun 2014
- Delivery 11 Dec 2015
Change history
- 17 Jun 2016 status: completed
- 11 Dec 2015 stage: operational
- 23 Mar 2011 stage: construction
Significance
The LNG terminal in Świnoujście was the first maritime LNG terminal in Poland and in the Baltic Sea region, giving the country access to liquefied natural gas supplies by sea from any supplier and thereby diversifying gas sources beyond the eastern direction. Since its launch in December 2015 and the first commercial delivery in June 2016, the facility has become one of the pillars of Poland's energy security. In the first ten years of operation, 445 deliveries of liquefied natural gas reached the terminal. The installation's regasification capacity was subsequently increased as part of an expansion (to 6.2 billion m³ of gas per year).
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- Wikipedia (pl)CostAnnouncedConstruction startOriginal dateDeliveryInvestorStage history
Cost „Ostatecznie wartość inwestycji sięgnęła 3 mld 638 mln zł, w tym dofinansowanie z UE ponad 888 mln zł"
Announced „Decyzję o budowie gazoportu podjął rząd Kazimierza Marcinkiewicza w 2006"
Construction start „23 marca 2011 premier Donald Tusk dokonał oficjalnego położenia kamienia węgielnego pod budowę"
Original date „Zadaniem konsorcjum było wybudowanie terminalu LNG w Świnoujściu oraz przekazanie go do użytkowania – z ustalonym początkowo terminem 30 czerwca 2014"
Delivery „11 grudnia 2015 do Świnoujścia przypłynął pierwszy metanowiec ze skroplonym gazem ziemnym"
Investor „Operatorem terminala jest spółka OGP Gaz-System S.A."
- GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.StatusStageInvestor
Status „eksploatowany jest od 2016 roku"
- Ministerstwo Energii (gov.pl) 17 Jun 2026StatusDelivery
Delivery „17 czerwca 2026 r. mija dokładnie 10 lat od momentu, gdy do Terminala LNG w Świnoujściu dotarła pierwsza komercyjna dostawa skroplonego gazu ziemnego."
- Polski Portal Morski (polskamorska.pl) 25 Jun 2026UtilisationSignificance
Utilisation „445 dostaw i 80 mln m³ LNG. Terminal w Świnoujściu skończył 10 lat"